# How can I mute audio from a video without using stopAllSounds()?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-mute-audio-from-a-video-without-using-stopallsounds/282697>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 25, 2009, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-mute-audio-from-a-video-without-using-stopallsounds/282697 "2009-02-25T11:26:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-mute-audio-from-a-video-without-using-stopallsounds/282697/1 "2009-02-25T11:26:16Z")

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I have a small video embedded on the main timeline, and sometimes want to play that audio track, but sometimes not.

How can I mute the audio? I don’t want to use stopAllSounds because I don’t want to mute the background music.

Many thanks!